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The Fourth Amendment to the constitution protects United States citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures. Our forefathers recognized the harm and abuses that occurred in the colonies to innocent people by the British, and they made sure to write protections into the U.S. Constitution. Fearing the police state that any nation has the potential to become and recognizing that freedom and liberty is meaningless when victimization by the police is a real and foreboding threat the Fourth Amendment

Supreme Court Case New Jersey v. T.L.O New Jersey v. T.L.O, a supreme court case that took the stands in 1985, involved a fourteen year old freshman in highschool and a New Jersey public high school in which the minor attended. The minor by which public record only shows her by her initials T.L.O, was caught smoking cigarettes with another student in her high school’s bathroom during the school day. This act of smoking in the bathroom was against school policy as it was only seen fit to smoke in

probable cause. The biggest problem with this amendment that many people tried to challenge is what is reasonable or unreasonable to searches and seizures. One case that challenges the Fourth Amendment is New Jersey v. T.L.O. that was argued on “March 28, 1984” ("New Jersey v. T.L.O." Oyez) and reargued on “October 2, 1984” ("New Jersey

14-year-old T.L.O. and a peer were caught smoking cigarettes in a school restroom which violated school rules. The two violators were taken to the Assistant Vice Principal’s office where one student confessed to smoking while the other, T.L.O., denied the allegation. The Assistant Vice Principal demanded T.L.O to hand over her purse where he found cigarette papers, cigarettes, a pipe, marijuana, a list of students who owed T.L.O., and a large amount of money. The school authorities contacted T.L.O.’s mother

fourteen year old, high school freshman, who is referred to as T.L.O. along with her companion were sent to the Assistant Vice Principal Theodore Choplick’s office for violating the school rule of smoking in the restroom. During questioning T.L.O.’s companion admitted to smoking in the restroom and had violated the school’s rule. However, T.L.O. denied smoking in the restroom by stating that she does not smoke at all. Mr. Choplick asked T.L.O. to come into his private office and ordered to see the purse

learning atmosphere, school officials are not subject to warrant when there is reasonable suspicion of violation. Upon discovering a report of smoking in the lavatory and the possession of illegal substances, Mr. Choplick suspended respondent, T.L.O. A teacher reported two

minor, she was referred to as T.L.O. (her initials) to keep her identity secret. The principal, skeptical of T.L.O., ordered to search her purse, and found evidence that T.L.O. was in possession of illegal drugs. The principal found cigarette rolling papers, a small amount of marijuana, a pipe, and several plastic bags. These findings led the principal to believe that T.L.O. was selling illegal substances to students on school premises. The school immediately took T.L.O. to the police and notified

over to the police. They took T.L.O down to the police station where she admitted to selling marijuana on school property. T.L.O was charged as a juvenile with criminal activity, Based on T.L.O’s confession and all the evidence in her purse that state of New Jersey brought charges against her. T.L.O attorneys said the evidence of drug dealing found in her purse could not be used as evidence in court because it was obtained through an illegal search and seizure. T.L.O argued in juvenile court that

designated T.L.O due to her age, denied smoking in a restricted area. The VP proceeded to take student into his private office and searched her purse and discovered a pack of cigarettes. However, as he was searching, he also identified a stack of rolling papers, which led to a more thorough search of the purse which produced a small amount of marijuana, a pipe, a number of empty plastic bags, a significant amount of money, as wells an index card with names of various people who owed T.L.O money. This

absent of probable cause?” The facts of the case are as follows: T.L.O was a fourteen-year-old female at a high school in New Jersey. A teacher caught another student and T.L.O smoking cigarettes in the bathroom of the school. This was against school rules. The teacher brought both girls to the Principal who probed both of them. One girl admitted to smoking in the bathroom and T.L.O denied the accusations. The Principal accused T.L.O of lying to him and forced her to open her purse and search through